wk2_Comment on Felicia's blog

As I was reading this week, I became reflective of my own life, goals, and actions. I was recently asked to fill in for someone and go down to Kentucky for a Habitat for Humanity trip. The trip was leaving in two weeks. I have a responsibility to camp and to my schoolwork, so I decided begrudgingly that I could not accept the offer. As I was reading about making contributions, I was constantly thinking of that service trip and the others I have taken part in. Every time I have gone on a service trip, I have been able to see my contributions and the contributions of others, and the impact that can have. It feels like a retreat or a mini-vacation. The atmosphere is clear, hopeful, and friendly. People treat others with such kindness and respect. Helping others with our own contributions is a magnificent feeling, which I believe can be contagious. It reminds me of the Liberty Mutual commercials where someone witnesses a good deed done for a stranger and then pass it on.